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My biggest dislike is the storage: my ebook collection is closer to 20GB and I'd love to be able to put it all in the device but it's not to be. The sync story

My biggest dislike is the storage: my ebook collection is closer to 20GB and I'd love to be able to put it all in the device but it's not to be. The sync story is itunes like (transfer+metadata), which I somewhat dislike, but the use of rmapi plus other mechanisms to transfer data to it (e.g. plug in via usb and then post/curl a file vs. using their somewhat silly front end directly) has made it work for me. I use their app as an easy way to look at my notes on my work+personal laptop plus also use the send-as-email functionality to share notes. I also transfer content from my chromebook to it via the chrome plugin. All in all, the storage limitation is my biggest criticism but in general the other improvements it's brought to my life have been much appreciated. PS: I use the Staedtler Noris Digital Jumbo stylus instead of the stock due to the built in eraser. The writing experience is less realistic with this though but the eraser is handier; I wish I had bought the marker plus when I preordered. Edit: I didn't really answer your 2nd question: I don't know of good approaches to share data with a Linux desktop in this case though I think rmapi would do well for it. It would be nice if they had a webapp vs platform dependent apps for sharing data. Some of the hacks people have developed for it might help in that case. I recommend joining their discord or checking out remarkablewiki.com

Jedd 5y ago
This is great, thank you. WRT 20GB - I'd just assumed it had a microSD slot. Your comment led me down a spiral, to find a guy who pulled the v1 device apart and soldered in socket for one. That's extra frustrating then that the electronics are already there, but the socket + hole is not. [1] WRT pen - yes, I splashed out for the 'extra good' pen for the Samsung, and was glad I did. The bundled pen was serviceable, but things like the ersatz eraser, and thicker / heftier feel, made it worth while. When ogling the remarkable2 shop page I've kind of assumed I'd get the better pen at the same time, so it's good to have further confirmation on that gut feel. Sync - sounds like that SyncThing project I found earlier, if it's still viable, might be a better option for us Linux users. If the data is coming across as SVG's or similar then I guess any native apps (Krita, etc) should work, but how good the interoperability on that actually is ... is not well blogged about. (A doubly niche market, I fear.) [1] http://www.davisr.me/projects/remarkable-microsd/ http://www.davisr.me/projects/remarkable-microsd/
- abawany 5y ago
  The rM1 I think has the capability to solder in a socket but it is not clear to me that the rM2 is similarly modifiable. The low storage and the lack of support for external storage via the usb-c port really make things unnecessarily complicated. There is a rm2-pogo project that hopes to use the built-in pogo pins to add support for external accessories such as keyboard and storage but it is still in progress I haven't checked out the remarkable-syncthing solution you mentioned in a different comment but it seems like a good idea.

Jedd 5y ago

This is great, thank you. WRT 20GB - I'd just assumed it had a microSD slot. Your comment led me down a spiral, to find a guy who pulled the v1 device apart and soldered in socket for one. That's extra frustrating then that the electronics are already there, but the socket + hole is not. [1] WRT pen - yes, I splashed out for the 'extra good' pen for the Samsung, and was glad I did. The bundled pen was serviceable, but things like the ersatz eraser, and thicker / heftier feel, made it worth while. When ogling the remarkable2 shop page I've kind of assumed I'd get the better pen at the same time, so it's good to have further confirmation on that gut feel. Sync - sounds like that SyncThing project I found earlier, if it's still viable, might be a better option for us Linux users. If the data is coming across as SVG's or similar then I guess any native apps (Krita, etc) should work, but how good the interoperability on that actually is ... is not well blogged about. (A doubly niche market, I fear.) [1] http://www.davisr.me/projects/remarkable-microsd/ http://www.davisr.me/projects/remarkable-microsd/

abawany 5y ago
The rM1 I think has the capability to solder in a socket but it is not clear to me that the rM2 is similarly modifiable. The low storage and the lack of support for external storage via the usb-c port really make things unnecessarily complicated. There is a rm2-pogo project that hopes to use the built-in pogo pins to add support for external accessories such as keyboard and storage but it is still in progress I haven't checked out the remarkable-syncthing solution you mentioned in a different comment but it seems like a good idea.